Shortly after takeoff, an Aer Lingus pilot requested to detour slightly in hopes of avoiding a patch of bad weather. The air traffic controller in NYC agreed there was a spotty weather ahead, but that it was in the lightest categorization of weather hazards and shouldn't pose any risk. Still, the pilot disagreed.

What followed was a back and forth between an increasingly frustrated air traffic controller and pilot. The Dublin bound flight was placed in a holding pattern above Coney Island before being redirected back into a queue behind several other flights.